le kraken est-il un maia??

[aravanessë]

Mince, je n'ai que Pictures by J.R.R.Tolkien (qui d'ailleurs m'indique que l'illustration de MC est en relation avec Beowulf et non le légendarium d'Arda) ; je me dois donc de te faire pleinement confiance.

Elle agit de sa propre volonté, Sauron trouvant d'ailleurs tout son compte à la laisser boucher l'entrée ouest de la Moria. Quand à la l'indépendance du Balrog (comme celle d'Ungoliant), elle est toute relative. Il semblerait que si c'est bien les Nains qui ont libéré le Balrog, ce ne sont pas eux qui l'ont réveillé mais Sauron (cf. HoMe VII) :

'A Balrog!' said Keleborn. 'Not since the Elder Days have I heard that a Balrog was loose upon the world. Some we have thought are perhaps hidden in Mordor [?or] near the Mountain of Fire, but naught has been seen of them since the Great Battle and the fall of Thangorodrim. I doubt much if this Balrog has lain hid in the Misty Mountains - and I fear rather that he was sent by Sauron from Orodruin, the Mountain of Fire.'

Cela d'ailleurs été implicitement suggéré dans le LotR:

The power of Sauron, servant of Morgoth, was then again growing in the world, though the Shadow in the Forest that looked towards Moria was not yet known for what it was. All evil things were stirring. The Dwarves delved deep at that time, seeking beneath Barazinbar for mithril, the metal beyond price that was becoming yearly ever harder to win. Thus they roused from sleep a thing of terror that, flying from Thangorodrim, had lain hidden at the foundations of the earth since the coming of the Host of the West: a Balrog of Morgoth."
RotK, Appendix A.III - Durin's Folk

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